Jan 7, 2017 | Word Among Us
Billie Holiday’s burned voice had as many shadows as lights, a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano, the gardenia her signature under that ruined face. (Now you’re cooking, drummer to bass, magic spoon, magic needle. Take all day if you have to with your mirror...
Jan 6, 2017 | Quote of the Week
“My eyes and minds keep taking me where my old legs can’t keep up.” Zora Neale Hurston
Jan 5, 2017 | Word Among Us
Your body, hard vowels In a soft dress, is still. What you can’t know is that after you died All the black poets In New York City Took a deep breath, And breathed you out; Dark corners of small clubs, The silence you left twitching On the floors of the gigs You...
Jan 4, 2017 | Quote of the Week
“Love makes your soul crawl out of its hiding place.” Zora Neale Hurston
Jan 3, 2017 | Word Among Us
The Pool Players Seven at the Golden Shovel We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. – Gwendolyn...
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